Andrew Oxford

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Oxford |Titus Wu

Appropriations committees in the California state Senate and Assembly will hold lightning-round hearings today to decide the fate of several major pieces of legislation. The committees have been piling bills for months into what are known as suspense files. They’ll clear those files out with rapid votes and no debate as part of a twice-yearly process this morning. Critics contend the process allows legislators to kill bills they don’t like without debate.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kellie Lunney |Lillianna Byington |Andrew Oxford

Democrats say move guts precedent, endangers host of policiesAbout a dozen states had adopted stricter California standardsLawmakers axed California’s ability to impose tougher auto emissions standards — a move that threatens to scramble decades of congressional and legal precedent and derail multiple states’ efforts to curb air pollution. Senate Republicans Thursday rescinded California’s Biden-era authority under the Clean Air Act in a series of votes (H.J.Res. 88), (H.J.Res. 87, H.J.Res.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Chris Marr |Andrew Oxford |Maia Spoto |Titus Wu

When the boss talks, they can require their employees to listen. That’s the position a coalition of California business groups will argue in federal court today in Sacramento. They’re seeking a preliminary injunction to block Attorney General Rob Bonta from enforcing California’s new ban on captive audience meetings, mandatory workplace gatherings that focus on politics, religion, or union membership. The ban took effect Jan. 1 after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed SB 399 last September.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Andrew Oxford

Measure would curb ‘patient steering’ by drug middlemenGov. Newsom has called for more oversight of the sectorCalifornia doctors are lobbying state lawmakers to ban health insurance plans from requiring their patients to get injectable drugs from mail-order pharmacies owned by the carriers. Physician groups want to allow their patients to get such drugs from their doctors, or a hospital pharmacy.

2 weeks ago | news.bgov.com | Andrew Oxford

California doctors are lobbying state lawmakers to ban health insurance plans from requiring their patients to get injectable drugs from mail-order pharmacies owned by the carriers. Physician groups want to allow their patients to get such drugs from their doctors, or a hospital pharmacy.